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Letter to Aqa Jan, 1863 or 1864
The writer talks about accompanying Khanum to a party at the house of the Shah's mother, eating dinner and staying overnight, going to the bath house in the morning, Khanum using henna and having watermelon, Khanum's stomach ache, and treating her in the absence of Haji Vazir and Hakim. She also mentions I‘tamad al-Dawlah's recovery and writes about her own financial hardship.
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Letter from Mahd-i ‘Ulya to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1864 or 1865
She writes about her illness, Hakim Bashi and Hakim Masih's visit, asks for the iron that Hakim Tuluzan used to massage her back in the past, requests that Nasir al-Din Shah's hunters send her some see-see partridges, and mentions being blessed by the outfit Nasir al-Din Shah gifted to her
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Letter from Mahd-i ‘Ulya to ‘Ayn al-Mulk, 1863 or 1864
Regarding Nasir al-Din Shah's order to the ministers and princes to gather and vote on Nigar Khanum's case, Nusrat al-Mulk's evading attendance using the excuse of fever, the dispute over Mu‘tamad al-Dawlah and Muvaqqar al-Dawlah's participation, and sending two boxes of sour cherries to the addressee
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Letter from Mahd-i ‘Ulya to ‘Ayn al-Mulk, 1863
She talks about I‘timad al-Dawlah's recovery, his overeating, and Hakim Bashi and Hakam Masih's visit; mentions sending ‘Izzat al-Dawlah and her children to Kashanak on the first day of the month, considered a fortunate time; talks about Iftikhar and Qamar al-Saltanah's visit and making halva for Arba‘in; mentions the Shah's aunt's appetite despite her stomach pain; and asks about the promisory note the addressee was supposed to send for a ring